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SUBJ/OPERATION UNIFIED ASSISTANCE//
RMKS/1. TO THE SAILORS AND MARINES SUPPORTING OPERATION UNIFIED
ASSISTANCE AND YOUR FELLOW MILITARY AND CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS.
THE TSUNAMI THAT STRUCK SOUTHEAST ASIA ON 26 DECEMBER WAS A HORRIFIC
TRAGEDY. AMERICAN SAILORS AND MARINES, AMERICAN WARSHIPS AND
HELICOPTERS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN
DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES. YOUR COMPASSION,
PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATED EFFORTS WERE AWESOME. WELL DONE!
2. WITH MORE THAN 6,000 FLIGHT HOURS AND MORE THAN 20 MILLION
POUNDS OF MEDICINE, FOOD AND WATER DELIVERED TO DATE, YOU SAVED
THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND EASED THE SUFFERING OF THOUSANDS MORE.
AMERICAS SEA SERVICES ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT GREAT RESOURCES AND
FLEXIBILITY TO BEAR IN THE NOBLE CAUSE OF HELPING OTHERS.
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3. YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE PROUD OF ALL OF YOU AND WHAT YOU
ACCOMPLISHED. THOSE WHOM YOU ASSISTED ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP,
FOR YOUR CARE AND FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. YOU SHOWED THE WORLD
AMERICAN COMPASSION AND MERCY. AT SEA, ASHORE, AND IN THE AIR, YOU
BROUGHT HONOR TO YOURSELVES AND TO OUR NATION.
4. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR NAVY AND MARINE
CORPS, TO OUR NATION AND TO THE WORLD. THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE
ACHIEVED AND FOR CONTINUING TO HELP OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//
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